5 moments

1. Birth in Mecca

   0554-01-01 · Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)

   

   Khadija’s canonical biographical entry places her birth in Makkah in the Hejaz. The year is approximate in the source. The source gives an approximate birth year; 554 is used because the required date format does not permit a circa qualifier. Coordinates are a representative point for Mecca.

2. Prayer beside the Kaaba

   0610-01-01 · Kaaba, Great Mosque of Mecca, Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)

   

   A traditional report identifies Khadija as the woman who joined Muhammad and Ali in prayer facing the Kaaba, documenting her presence at the sanctuary during Islam’s earliest period. The report itself is dated only to the pre-Islamic/Jahiliyyah period; 610 is the conventional year associated with the beginning of Muhammad’s revelations and the early Islamic chronology.

3. Burial at Jannat al-Mu'alla

   0619-01-01 · Jannat al-Mu'alla, Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)

   

   Khadija was buried at Jannat al-Mu'alla, also called al-Hajun, in Mecca following her death. This card records the documented location of Khadija’s burial after her death; the year is supported, while the exact burial date is not.

4. Confinement during the Quraysh boycott

   0619-01-01 · Unidentified mountain valley near Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)

   An encyclopedic account states that Khadija, Muhammad, their family, and remaining followers hid in a mountain valley during the Meccan isolation, which lasted until 619. The source does not identify the valley or provide a precise entry date. Coordinates are a representative point for Mecca, the city in which the account says Khadija and Muhammad had become isolated.

5. Return to Mecca before death

   0619-01-01 · Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)

   After the isolation ended, Khadija returned to Mecca with Muhammad and their family. The source states that she died not long after returning home. The account dates the end of the isolation to 619 but does not provide a more precise date for the return.